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Article

28 Feb 2011

Author:
Yale Environment 360 [USA]

The Warriors of Qiugang: A Chinese Village Fights Back [video]

Like many villages in China’s industrial heartland, Qiugang...has long suffered from runaway pollution from nearby factories. In Qiugang’s case, three major enterprises with little or no pollution controls churned out chemicals, pesticides, and dyes, turning the local river black, killing fish and wildlife, and filling the air with foul fumes that burned residents’ eyes and throats and sickened children. The pollution from the Jiucailuo Chemical plant became so egregious that in 2007, Qiugang’s residents — working with a fledgling environmental group, Green Anhui — began to try to do something about it...This...video report, “The Warriors of Qiugang”...tells the story of how the villagers fought to transform their environment, and, in the process, found themselves transformed as well...